Conventional long form: Republic of El Salvador Capital city: San Salvador Type of government: Presidential republic Date of independence: September 15, 1821 National holidays: Independence day celabrated on September 15 Chief of State: President Salvador Sanchez Ceren Head of Government: President Salvador Sanchez Ceren Executive Branch:
Majority vote elects the president and vice president
Serve a 5 year term
Legislative Branch:
Unicameral Legislative Assembly
84 seats
Judicial Branch:
Supreme court
15 judges
Judges are elected by the assembly
9 year term
Suffrage: 18 years old Ambassador to US: Ambassador Claudia Ivette Canjura de Centeno Embassy in the US: Washington D.C Location of their consulate: Atlanta, Boston, Brentwood, Chicago, Coral Gables, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, McAllen, New York, Nogales, San Francisco, Seattle, Tucson, Washington D.C, Woodbridge, Woodstock Ambassador to them: Ambassador Jean Manes Location of US embassy to them: San Salvador Location of US consultants to them: San Salvador Representative to UN: Ruben I. Zamora Symbolism of their flag: The three equal horizontal lines represents their coat of arms, the flag is based off of the Central American flag, the blue represents the Pacific oceans and the Caribbean sea, the white between the blue represents the land and peace and prosperity National anthem: Click here it listen to it National symbols: Turquoise- browed motmot, national colors: blue and white International disputes: Honduras and El Salvador where fighting over a piece of land, the INternational Court of Justice said that Honduras can have the Gulf of Fonseca and El Salvador can have Conejo island Quantity of refugees: 289,000 Quantity of stateless people:289,000 Human trafficking: Sex trafficking and forced labor Illicit drug trafficking use: They send a majority of cocaine to the US, marijuana is also made and used there
El Salvador's chief of state and head of government